Plains GP Holdings LP key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Plains GP Holdings LP had an operating margin of 3.2% and a current ratio of 0.96. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 4.6% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 14.8% | 14.6% | 12.3% | 12.5% | 12.5% | 12.3% | 8.5% | 7.3% | 7.2% | 7.6% | 8.7% | 7.8% |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 6.7% | 5.9% | −10.2% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.5% | −2.8% | 1.0% | 1.0% | −2.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.0% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.1% | −3.2% | −3.1% | 5.6% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.9% | 4.2% | 5.2% | 4.5% |
| Return on assets | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | −2.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% | −2.0% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Asset turnover | 2.22 | 2.18 | 2.08 | 1.92 | 0.96 | 0.80 | 0.99 | 1.27 | 1.19 | 0.83 | 1.50 | 1.94 | 1.64 | 1.74 | 1.50 | 1.70 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 1.02 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 1.12 |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 5.0x | 4.8x | 5.4x | 5.0x | 2.8x | 2.1x | 2.2x | 5.3x | 4.7x | n/m | 2.0x | 3.2x | 3.2x | 2.3x | 3.1x | 3.1x |
| Effective tax rate | 4.4% | 4.7% | 7.2% | 13.8% | 18.4% | 10.6% | — | 12.5% | 7.9% | — | 15.7% | 17.5% | 9.5% | 12.9% | 6.6% | 17.7% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.9% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 9.0% | 6.6% | 3.9% | 4.8% | 3.5% | 3.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | >999% | 933.3% | >999% | 80.0% | −620.3% | −655.3% | — | 290.4% | 398.5% | — | >999% | >999% | >999% | >999% | 880.0% | 538.6% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.3% | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 7.4% | 8.0% | 8.4% | 8.3% | 8.6% | 9.4% | 7.8% | 6.4% |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | −0.1% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 4.2% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 2.2% |
| Net margin | 0.3% | −0.1% | 0.7% | 0.3% | −0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 2.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.6% | 5.2% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 2.3% | 4.6% |
| Current ratio | 1.01 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 1.12 |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $6.5bn of assets due within a year against $5.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $1.1bn of cash against $8.4bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $3.0bn of operating cash flow against $8.4bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.6bn against $528m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Plains GP Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 0 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 7 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 8.9%, moving by 2.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.4%; its worst year was -6.1%.
- Cash conversion 12 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 3.7% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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